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Phoenix,Witherspoon duet nets CMT video nomination
By Phyllis Stark
Actors Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon probably never expected to star in a music video when they signed on for the film "Walk the Line," but their version of "Jackson" has netted them a CMT Music Award nomination for collaborative video of the year. The pair portray Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in the film and the video, which is taken from the movie.
There are few other surprises in this year's nominations announced March 15. Winners will claim awards at the April 10 ceremony, which airs live on CMT from the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville.
Faith Hill, who earned just one nomination in the recently announced Academy of Country Music Awards categories, makes up for it here with three CMT nominations plus one for Sophie Muller, who directed Hill's big-haired, retro-costumed "Like We Never Loved at All" video.
That clip, which also stars her husband, Tim McGraw, earned nods in the video of the year and collaborative video categories, while Hill's performance-based "Mississippi Girl" clip is nominated for female video of the year.
Other triple nominees are Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Trace Adkins and Carrie Underwood.
Brooks & Dunn's "Believe" netted nods in the video of the year, group/duo video and most inspiring video categories. Paisley's "Alcohol" is a video of the year contender, and his "When I Get Where I'm Going," which features Dolly Parton, is nominated in the collaborative and inspiring video categories.
Urban's "Better Life" earns nods for video of the year and male video, while his "Making Memories of Us" is nominated in the "hottest video" category, which honors the year's sexiest clips.
Despite offending a few female viewers with its T&A theme, Adkins' smash "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" turns up in the video of the year, male video and hottest video categories. On the other end of the spectrum, Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" earns accolades in the female video, breakthrough video and inspiring video categories.
For a complete list of nominees, which are chosen by CMT viewers, go to billboard.com/awards.
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